envelope
/ˈɛnvə(ˌ)ləʊp/
A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing; Something that envelops; a wrapping; A bag containing the lifting gas of a balloon or airship
- plural
- envelopes
Meanings
- 1
A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing
Where can I buy envelopes?
Tatoeba · Chrikaru · CC BY 2.0 FR
Please give me an envelope.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
Something that envelops; a wrapping
- 3
A bag containing the lifting gas of a balloon or airship; fabric that encloses the gas-bags of an airship
- 4
A mathematical curve, surface, or higher-dimensional object that is the tangent to a given family of lines, curves, surfaces, or higher-dimensional objectsrare
- 5
A curve that bounds another curve or set of curves, as the modulation envelope of an amplitude-modulated carrier wave in electronicsrare
- 6
The shape of a sound, which may be controlled by a synthesizer or samplerrare
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The information used for routing a message that is transmitted with the message but not part of its contentsrare
- 8
An enclosing structure or cover, such as a membrane; a space between two membranesrare
- 9
The set of limitations within which a technological system can perform safely and effectivelyrare
- 10
The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; a comarare